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AMERICAN

ANA Representative

NUMISMATIC

Program Newsletter

ASSOCIATION

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Fourth Quarter

2020 October-November-December

National Coordinator Message

by Richard Jozefiak, ANA outreach programs coordi¬
nator, email ANALMRJ@smail.com, phone 256-337-
5092, PO Box 2103, Madison, AL 35758.

The Annual District and Club Representatives meet¬
ing was held on Aug. 6 at 5 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. MDT).
This was the first virtual meeting (via Zoom) held for the
program, and over 40 people attended the hour-long event
online. The meeting was a great success.

The meeting was recorded and can be viewed at
https://www.voutube.com/watch?

v=xa5 KtYFQxUQ&feature=youtu.be . This recording can
also be accessed from https://www.monev.org/clubs .

The following people spoke at the meeting:

At the meeting, the 2020 Outstanding District Repre¬
sentative award was presented to Gary Parsons of Oklaho¬
ma. Gary has served the ANA and hobby for many years,
and an article about him was published in The Numisma¬
tist, Aug. 2020, p. 61.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

The first District and Club Rep meeting for 2021 is
planned for the FUN Show in Orlando, Fla. It is sched¬
uled for Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., at
the Orlando Convention Center.

The second District and Club Rep meeting for 2021
is being planned for the National Money Show® in Phoe¬
nix, Ariz., on Friday, Mar. 12, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. This
will be the annual luncheon meeting at the convention
center.

ANA President Col. Steven Ellsworth thanked vol¬
unteers for their work on behalf of the ANA.

ANA Executive Director Kim Kiick thanked volun¬
teers for their support of the ANA.

ANA Director of Development and Membership
Donna Frater is working on ordering ANA table covers
for District Representatives. These will be 8-foot black
covers with the ANA logo (see photo below). An out¬
reach committee was approved.

ANA Events Assistant Logan Curtis introduced
herself. She is creating a new order form that will be used
by the DRs for polo shirts, business cards, etc. She will
send this out once complete.

The third District and Club Rep meeting for 2021
is scheduled for Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs,
Colo. Dates for Summer Seminar will be announced by
the ANA in December at https://www.money.org/summer
-seminar.

More information will be sent about these meetings.

VIDEO CONFERENCES EXPANDING

The ANA eLearning Academy has been doing very
well. The online courses will remain free through Decem¬
ber. Please check https://info.monev.org/eleaming .

Events Director Brianna Victor (719-482-9865 or
seminars @monev.org) can provide additional information
on this new educational program.

Outreach
Programs
Coordinator
Jozefiak at
ANA mem¬
bership ta¬
ble ator^
Blue Ridge
Numismatic
Association
Coin Show,
Dalton, Ga.,
Aug. 22,
2020.

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Screen Shot #1 from Annual District & Club Rep Meeting held on Aug. 6, 2020.

Screen Shot #2 from Annual District & Club Rep Meeting held on Aug. 6, 2020.

THANK YOU

Thank you again for your support of the ANA and the DR Program. Your contribution to the hobby and the
ANA helps current and future collectors.

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Coins in the Ciassroom

Gain Insight on
How to Teach
Students about
Coins

Unlock the
educational
power of money
with Coins in the
Classroom, a two
-day professional
development
course for educa¬
tors of all levels
and disciplines.
ANA Education Director Rod Gillis shares how mon¬
ey, in all its forms, can be used as an effective teaching
aid to enhance already existing lessons.

Time/Date: Feb. 20-21, 2021 I 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MST.

Cost: $20.

The course includes hands-on activities, Power¬
Point presentations suitable for your classroom, plus
supplies from the American Numismatic Association
and the U.S. Mint.

The deadline to register is Feh. 5. Questions?
Contact Rod Gillis at rgillis@monev.org .

View complete schedule and learn more: https://
info.monev.org/citc-2021 .

Attend ANA eLearning Academy
Courses

Enjoy online courses
and lectures from fel¬
low collectors, ANA
members and experi¬
enced numismatists.
The courses are free
through the end of the
year and are open to the
public. Can’t wait to get
started? Explore the
ana’s recorded webi¬
nars!

1. Coin Collecting Basics with instructor Rod
Gillis I Nov. 11, 1p.m. MST

2. Auction World 101: An Inside Perspective

with instructor Ailie Byers I Dec. 7, 1 p.m.
MST

3. You Can Research & Publish a Numis¬
matic Book; Tom & I Did with instructors
Dennis Schafluetzel and Tom Carson I Dec.
10, 1 p.m. MST

View all upcoming eLearning opportunities:
https ://info .money. or g/elearning .

Share Your Collecting Passion with fellow col¬
lectors by presenting an eLearning Academy course.

• One- and two-hour presentation slots available
(including time for questions)

• Accepting reservations for courses beginning May
2021

• 4-8 presentations offered per month, Mon-Fri

• Send title and description for presentation(s)

Contact Brianna Victor at (719) 482-9865 or email
her at bvictor @ money. org .

Revived Money Museum Exhibit Now
Online

An Exploration of
Cromwell’s England , „ ^

From 2007-08, the ANA’s Money Museum fea¬
tured an exhibit called “Coins, Crown & Conflict: An
Exploration of Cromwell’s England.” It was based on
the history of the English Civil Wars and featured some
of the great rarities of English coins (including the Peti¬
tion Crown), as well as early American coins. Although
no longer on display at the museum, the exhibit can
now be appreciated virtually.

The exhibit explores the period starting with the
reign of Charles I and the English Civil Wars to the
first years of the restored British monarchy under
Charles II, through the coins, medals, people, and ob¬
jects associated with Oliver Cromwell. It is our privi¬
lege to display the Geoffrey Cope Collection, one of
the finest collections of coins from this period, to help
tell the story of this turbulent time in English history.

Delve into the virtual exhibit:

https://www.monev.org/monev-museum/virtual-

exhibits/cromwell .

New DRs Needed

ANA Club Representative Staff Contact
Logan Curtis reports that two new DRs are needed, one
for Colorado and one for Michigan. Please contact
Logan (see page 8) if you would like to volunteer.

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News from Around the Country
Alabama

Madison County Coin Club

The club had a virtual meeting with a program on
“Alabama National Bank Notes” by David Hollander.

California

Greater Orange County Coin Club

The club’s Oct. 14 online meeting hosted guest
speaker Ben Orooji, who spoke on the topic of “The
Advent of Steam Press Coinage in the United States.”
Ben is a Senior Numismatist from Stack’s Bowers.

Information:

Simcha Kuritzky, Simcha.Kuritzkv@cgifederal.com .

Florida

Coin Club of Pasco County

The Pasco Coin Club Coin & Stamp Expo, spon¬
sored by the Coin Club of Pasco County, was held on
Sat., Oct. 24. Coins, currency, bullion, jewelry and
stamps were bought, sold and appraised. Show hours
were 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., and there were hourly door prizes.
The new location was the Elks Lodge #2520, 9135 Den¬
ton Ave., Hudson, Ela. Eor information, call Chuck at
(727) 534-7597, or visit www.PascoCoinClub.com .

EUN Show

The club will continue to host its club meetings
virtually, until it is safe to meet in person again.
Virtual club meetings will take place on the same day
and time that the club usually meets; every 2nd
Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.

The club will continue to include show-and-tell
in its monthly virtual meetings. If you would like to
share something during this part of our meeting, please
send your images and what you would like to talk about
ahead of time. Reply to Dennis Rocklein,
drocklein@ gmail.com .

Long Beach Coin Club

by Howard Feltham, club president and editor

Monthly meetings of the LBCC remain cancelled,
as of October.

The club reports with
great sadness the recent
untimely accidental
death of club treasurer
Greg Heistand.

Greg was an important
member to the LBCC,
as were his mother and
father, Gwen and War¬
ren Heistand, during
their lifetimes.

Photo of Greg at left.

Info.: David Schwager,

davidschwager@hotmail.com .

District of Columbia

Washington (DC) Numismatic Society

by Simcha Kuritzky

After trying some online unstructured meetings,
regular programming resumed in May, including a talk
on coins, notes, and medals of the European revolution¬
ary republics of 1848; classic Hebrew love tokens; a
timeline game where contestants try to place numis¬
matic events in chronological order; and a talk by Rob¬
ert Hale on unusual coins of Twentieth Century wars.

Bus trip to EUN show — It’s time once again to get
your request in to EUN for assistance with your bus trip
to the EUN show in January. Please mail your form to
Cindy Wibker, PO Box 471147, Lake Monroe, EL
32747-1147. Eorms are on http://funtopics.com/ under
EUN Convention. The deadline is Dec. 1.

RSVP to EUN coin club get-together — Saturday
Jan. 9 at noon. Two club members (preferably club of¬
ficers) can attend this luncheon and meeting. Send your
RSVP to swicer@comcast.net. The deadline is Dec. 1.

If you would like more Florida and regional news,
please subscribe to Tony Swicer’s regional news¬
letter by emailing Tony at swicer@comcast.net .

Georgia

Mountain Coin Club

by Richard Jozefiak

The Mountain Coin Club met for the first time in-
person since March on Tuesday, July 14, at Meeks Park
in Blairsville, Ga. The club held a picnic dinner and
auction outdoors since the club’s normal meeting site
was closed due to COVID-19. Many club members at¬
tended the meeting, and the club provided boxed sand¬
wiches. The club’s August and September 2020 meet¬
ings were also held outdoors at the same park.

Mountain Coin Club members enjoying the picnic
dinner provided by the club on Tuesday, July 14 in
Blairsville, Ga. Photo by Richard Jozefiak.

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Maryland

Montgomery County Coin Club

by Simcha Kuritzky

The MCCC started meeting online in April but has
not yet worked out how to conduct its usual auction.
We haye conducted programs including a talk by Ken
Swab on “C&O Canal Banknotes and Scrip,” Simcha
Kuritzky on “Amulets and Good Luck Medals,” and
President Don Stepita on the “First Federal Coinage.”

Michigan

Huron Valley Numismatic Society

by Al Raddi, Program Chair

The Huron Valley Numismatic Society of High¬
land, Mich., had its August meeting on a member’s
deck and its September meeting using Zoom — both
firsts for the club. At the September meeting. Bill Bier-
ly gaye a presentation from his home in LaParte, Ind.,
based on his 2019 book In God We Trust: Origins of
the National Motto. Members from six coin clubs in the
region were inyited to join the meeting.

Information: Huron Valley Numismatic Society,
PO Box 1174, Highland, MI 48357-1174; phone (248)
505-3690; email alraddi@aol.com.

Nevada

Las Vegas Numismatic Society

by Luke Rath

The LVNS held its last in-person meeting in
March, at the yery beginning of the COVID-19 shut¬
down. Howeyer, this has not stopped its members, es¬
pecially the young numismatists, from continuing with
actiyities. The LVNS board has continued to meet and
YNs haye participated in weekly quizzes on their topic
for this year — “Coins of the Old West.” The YNs
haye been receiying and sending in their quizzes and
conducting other actiyities online.

In a first for LVNS, the YNs held a Zoom meeting
on Sept. 12, with multiple participants. The YNs will
continue to use this platform for the rest of this year
(and into next, if necessary), as the inaugural Zoom
meeting worked yery well.

LVNS will proceed with its annual holiday ban¬
quet in December.

New Hampshire

Nashua Coin Club

by Kevin Winn, secretary-treasurer

Greetings from the Nashua Coin Club in Nashua,
New Hampshire! Hope all is well and our friends in
Canada are all staying safe.

The Nashua Public Library is still closed for meet¬
ings, so we haye held our monthly meetings yia Zoom

since April. The library has informed us that the rooms
will not be ayailable until 2021 at the earliest and eyen
that is not definite. We haye continued to hold success¬
ful meetings online and get 18-20 people together each
month. The online meetings haye proyed beneficial in
one respect: we haye added two new members to the
club who will probably only attend yia Zoom because
they don’t liye anywhere near Nashua. Welcome to the
club. Matt from Massachusetts, and Steye from Califor¬
nia.

Three recent meetings focused on numismatics
from Europe (July); Africa, Australia, and the Pacific
Islands (August); and South America, Latin America,
and the Caribbean Islands (September). We got to see
many great examples of coins and paper/polymer mon¬
ey from a multitude of countries within those regions
with a number of interesting stories about the articles
themselyes and the way in which they might haye been
obtained by the collector. Bob Fritsch also kept us on
our toes with great quizzes each month showing us
pictures of currency with the country’s name blocked
out and making us guess where they came from.

Our last meeting was held on Oct. 14, traditionally
the month in which we hold our annual awards ban¬
quet. The executiye committee of the club decided that
it was not safe for us to gather at a local restaurant
which is our custom, so we had the meeting yia Zoom.
Awards were announced (and later mailed) and we also
had a guest speaker, Mr. Frank Van Valen, who is a
well-known coin cataloguer who has worked with
many of the biggest auction houses in the U.S. Frank,
who is an honorary member of our club, spoke at last
year’s banquet and totally delighted us with tales of
famous coins and famous collectors that he has worked
with oyer his long career.

We also had a Coin-of-the-Month theme in Octo¬
ber and appropriately that was “Auction Catalogs.” Our
COTM for Noyember will be “Numismatics with a
Thanksgiying theme.”

Our newsletter. The Nashua Numismatist, has been
well-stocked with articles and news from many differ¬
ent members. These haye been outstanding issues, each
12-18 pages long and yery interesting to read.

We haye also continued
the show-and-tell feature
of our meetings and
members haye displayed
many interesting items
with medals, tokens and
paper money highlight¬
ing this segment of our
agenda. Keyin Winn’s
copper Bigfoot medal
was featured in the Au¬
gust meeting (photo by
Keyin). It is dated 2020
and made from one troy ounce of pure copper.

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The biggest news for everyone is that the semi¬
annual Manchester, N.H. Coin and Currency Expo was
held as scheduled on Oct. 2-3. Two of our members
were there selling coins at their tables and a number of
our members were there to staff the Nashua Coin Club
table so that we could meet people and talk about our
club with anyone who walked by. This is the only show
that has taken place in New England since the pandem¬
ic began so it was a big event (but with masks and so¬
cial distancing rules strictly enforced).

Please STAY SAEE EVERYONE!

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists

PAN’s spring show was cancelled, however, its
Halloween weekend fall show was still a “go” for Oct.
29-31. PAN shows are held at the Monroeville Conven¬
tion Center, Monroeville, Pa., just a few miles east of
Pittsburgh.

Information: www.PANcoins.org , or email Patrick
McBride, pancoins @ gmail.com .

Washington and Oregon

Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association

by Eric Holcomb, editor/webmaster

The PNNA fall convention in the Seattle area
scheduled for Sept. 25-27 was cancelled; however
conventions have been scheduled for Apr. 9-11 and
Oct. 8-10, 2021. See the new PNNA website at
https://www.pnna.org/wp/ for updates.

The PNNA’s 4* Quarter edition of The Nor’wester
featured an article on “Coin Collecting Merit Badges
— now done virtually!” by PNNA President Emeritus
James Reinders and PNNA Director Tony Kalt. This
edition can be viewed from links on the PNNA home-
page or the PNNA news page.

Willamette Coin Club

by Tim Bishopric, board member

The Willamette Coin Club (WCC) in Portland,
Ore., held its first coin photo competition on Sept. 17.
There were 14 submissions and about 30 people attend¬
ed the online presentation and voted. All the photos
showed dedication, creativity, and a passion for pho¬
tography and numismatics. There were modem. Colo¬
nial, and Medieval coins. Some included tokens and
currency. Several young collectors submitted photos.

Attendees cast three ballots each, and the top three
photographers were given prizes.

The WCC canceled its March meeting due to
COVID-19 and has held monthly meetings online since
April. The meetings feature educational presentations
and coins given away by random drawing. The club’s
October meeting included three numismatic quizzes.

First place winning photo by WCC club president

Jimmy Krozel.

Specialty Clubs

American Israel Numismatic Association

by Simcha Kuritzky

Simcha Kuritzky was installed as the new AINA
president, Oded Paz as the new vice president, and Josh
Prottas as the new treasurer. We are starting plans for
an online seminar in January and updating and
reissuing in digital form our book, Israel's Money and
Medals.

The Elongated Collectors (TEC)
by Robert F. Fritsch, bobfritsch @ earthlink.net,
(603) 533-8662.

The Elongated Collectors (TEC) were unable to
hold an annual meeting in Pittsburgh this year (along
with every other club), so it was held online via Zoom.
Eifty-six members logged in, a record for any TEC
meeting to date. The annual auction was held innnedi-
ately following the meeting, again a highly successful
endeavor, filling the club’s coffers for the coming year.

The meticulous preparations were accomplished
through the dedication and hard work of our board.
They work for no compensation and little recognition
except the knowledge of a job well done. Here are our
board members and their functions.

• Our fearless leader is President Cindy Calhoun
who keeps us focused on the goals of the club.
Without her able leadership we would not enjoy
the success we now enjoy. She also assists in roll¬
ing our annual coins.

• Vice President Tyler Tyson is responsible for pro¬
ducing the many elongated coins TEC issues every
year, soliciting designs, getting dies made and roll¬
ing the coins. He is also the administrator of our
Eacebook page.

• Secretary Terri Ventresca keeps the membership
records and takes the minutes of our meetings.

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• Treasurer James Motley oversees our finances,
plus gathering color photos of elongated coins for
the next edition of Yesterday’s Elongateds, a book
originally written by Lee Martin and Dottie Dow
and reissued in several editions by TEC.

• Immediate Past President Nancy Wooten advises
and assists the president whenever she can.

• Governor Dee Drell is our legal beagle, working to
ensure our legal status.

• Governor Bob Frazier mails each issue of the
newsletter and the accompanying coins to our
members, in addition to helping administer the
Facebook page. He runs the annual TEC design
contest.

• Governor Uni Marbutt runs the TEC Store ( https://
www.tecnews.org/store/ ) which sells our wonder¬
ful coin sets, badges and special issues and keeps
the inventory up-to-date. She is also an administra¬
tor for the Facebook page.

• Editor Sandy Marxen edits and publishes issue
after issue of the super newsletter that is TEC
News, plus the auction catalog for this year’s sale.
She is our official “maskateer,” creating and pro¬
ducing TEC face masks, soon available at the TEC
Store in limited quantities.

• Historian Les Holbrook keeps our archives and
gathers the coins for distribution in TEC News.

• Webmaster Katie Watna has assembled a wonder¬
ful website ( https://tecnews.org/) and every day
fights the hackers and trolls who try to invade it.
The TEC News index is assembled and maintained
by her.

• Press Agent Bob Fritsch writes and sends releases
to various numismatic publications like this one.
He is a past president of the organization and
serves as the auctioneer.

This is the team that makes TEC the funnest club

in numismatics. Check out the website and consider

joining us - we would love to welcome you.

Stay healthy!

The International Organization of Wooden Money

Collectors

by Bob Gabriel - lOWMC President

The lOWMC, in its 56th year, is one of only three
wooden money clubs left in the U.S. This month’s
newsletter. Banyan's Chips, contains articles highlight¬
ing older wood issued by Pompano Beach, Fla., and
Zephyrhills, Fla. There is also a wonderful satiric arti¬
cle titled “On Collecting Wooden Money,” written by
Virginia numismatic ambassador Tom Kays.

Each month’s newsletter is jam-packed with arti¬
cles relating to wooden money and contains a monthly
mail bid for club members where woods are reasonably
priced. For information please go to the club’s website,
http://www.woodenmonev.org , or contact club Presi¬
dent Bob Gabriel at bgabrielone@vahoo.com , for a
sample newsletter.

Share Your Club Events on monev.orq

Clubs are encouraged to share their upcoming
events—club meetings, coin shows, presentations, vir¬
tual events, etc.—on the ANA Calendar of Events. The
calendar makes it possible for collectors to stay up-to-
date on events and get involved with different clubs. To
submit a club event or to view upcoming club events,
visit https://coin-dealer-directorv.monev.org/event/club

-events.

The TEC Eace Mask.

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Mission statement: The ANA Representative
Program “is to work directiy with coliectors and
clubs to promote and expand the numismatic
experience through the sen/ices and programs
offered by the Association. ”

ANA Ciub Representative Staff Contact:

Logan Curtis

Conventions and Club Communications
Coordinator

Email: clubrep@monev.ora
Phone: (719) 482-9849

National Outreach Programs Coordinator:

Richard Jozefiak

Email: ANALMRJ@amail.com

MintMark Editor:

Eric Holcomb

1900 NE 3rd St STE 106 PMB 361
Bend, OR 97701-3889
Email: Eric@Holcomb.com
Phone: (541) 647-1021

Deadline for submission of material for 1st
Quarter 2021 MintMark: January 2, 2021.
Quarterly reports are due January 16, 2021.

To unsubscribe from this mailing or to update
your email, call (719) 482-9849 or email
clubreD(a>monev. ora .

Inside this issue

ANA News, Messages and Ads 1-3

News From Around the Country 4-6

Specialty Clubs 6-7

Mission Statement / MintMark Information 8

Editor’s Message / ANA Service Awards 8

Editor’s Message by Eric Holcomb

Thank you for the submissions received.

Although club meeting cancellations have re¬
duced the size of this edition again, we have another
nice issue of MintMark, and many clubs continue to
adapt with online meetings, while a few in-person
events are returning. Please be sure to read the inter¬
esting club news, along with important ANA news
and messages.

The next (1st quarter 2021) edition of MintMark
is not far off. Start planning and writing now. Make
it a short summary, with a photo or two, of how your
club is participating in the ANA Club Rep. Program,
or perhaps some special club milestone, award, etc.

Happy Holidays!

ANA Service Awards

by Donna Nunez, Executive Assistant

The nomination period for 2021 ANA Service Awards and the Numis¬
matic Hall of Fame is open. Nominations for these honors will be accepted
through Jan. 15, 2021.

Nomination forms were recently emailed to ANA representatives, and are
available by contacting awards@monev.org .

I urge you to submit those nominees you feel are deserving of recognition.
You are also welcome to share these forms with others to encourage more par¬
ticipation.

We received a fantastic response last year, making it possible for the Asso¬
ciation to have a great “Class of 2020.” More detailed information can be
found at https://www.monev.org/american-numismatic-association-awards as
well as in the October issue of The Numismatist.

Thank you for your continued support of the Association.